A Dorset based company has been fined £27,000 after a scaffold collapsed only narrowly missed a passer-by. Poole Magistrates’ Court heard how Swanage & Dorset Scaffolding & Roofing had been…
Read articleA Castlederg Sinn Féin councillor remains in hospital after suffering serious injuries in a workplace accident involving a forklift and metal cage. Kieran McGuire (40) from Aghyaran was transferred to…
Read articleMajor Rescue Operation to Recover Worker from Silo A Man has been rescued following a fall onto scaffolding at Irish Cement’s plant in Limerick. The worker, understood to be in…
Read articleAn amusement park ride broke apart on the opening day of the Ohio State Fair in the US, hurling people through the air, leaving one man dead and injuring seven…
Read articleMore than a dozen passengers were escorted off the Oblivion rollercoaster at its highest point on Tuesday because of a “technical fault”. The incident at the Staffordshire theme park happened…
Read articleFailure to maintain a storage tank has cost Yorkshire Water a £600,000 fine for a sewage leak. Yorkshire Water was prosecuted for polluting a Staithes watercourse with sewage that had…
Read articleA Galway company has been fined a total of €22,500 after pleading guilty to breaches of health and safety regulations, following the death of an employee in 2015. Forde Dismantlers…
Read articleSpanish authorities say 33 people, including six children under 10 years old, have been injured in a roller coaster collision in Madrid. Emergency services say that 27 people needed hospital…
Read articleAn engineering firm has been fined £120,000 after telling a welder to keep working despite complaining of sore hands from vibrating tools. Newfield Fabrications Co Ltd was prosecuted for failing…
Read articleAn Irishman has sustained critical injuries following a fall at a construction site in Australia. The man fell several stories from scaffolding at a site in Surfers Paradise near Brisbane.…
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